Description
Point of Dreams by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett is Book 3 of the Astreiant Series. Release date 10/10/24 and available everywhere, including direct from us!
The play’s the thing to catch the attention of Astreiant…especially when it includes murder, mystery and magic. It’s ghost-tide in the city and the dead walk the streets, haunting those who meant something to them in life. The theaters of Point of Dreams have a hit season on their hands and Adjunct Point Nicolas Rathe and former mercenary Philip Eslingen have a murder on theirs. Not to mention a heady mix of intrigue, politics and magic, where even the flowers are more than they seem. Added to all of that, the crimelord that Philip worked for has dismissed him from his service and he’s had to move in with Nico. Can Nico and Philip stop the killer before they strike again? And will their relationship survive it if they do?
Lambda Literary Award Winner for Speculative Fiction.
Queen of Swords –
“Astreiant is both hauntingly familiar (reminiscent, to me at least, of 17th century Holland in the grip of the tulip craze) and convincingly alien, a place in which gender roles are comprehensively reversed, same-sex relationships are as common as ordinary marriages, and everything is touched by magic and shaped by the stars.”
SF Site, Reviewer Victoria Strauss (review of an earlier edition). Read full review here: https://www.sfsite.com/07a/pd107.htm
Queen of Swords –
“What do gardening, astrology, the theater, magic and fantasy have in common? In this fine sequel to the authors’ well-received Point of Hopes (1995) and The Armor of Light (1988), the common thread is murder. Scott and Barnett have created an unusual and successful blend of fantasy and mystery, set in the Renaissance-like city of Astreiant during the production of a midwinter masque. ”
Publishers Weekly, review of earlier edition. Read full review here: https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780312867829